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Ah okay, that's good to hear, whew. I have a ton of ECs, all of which I've been heavily involved in, and an average (not stellar tho) GPA. Hopefully my DATs will help me out, then!! (Am taking them soon~)
 
I would not include high school awards, even if it means no awards.

That's like saying, will you include your college awards when you apply for a job after DSchool? You could, but I wouldn't. I think it will hurt you more than help, but that's just my .02
 
CedarZ4 said:
I would not include high school awards, even if it means no awards.

That's like saying, will you include your college awards when you apply for a job after DSchool? You could, but I wouldn't. I think it will hurt you more than help, but that's just my .02
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Well, I guess it depends on what kind of high school award you got.
At my school, we had an award for the student graduating with the highest grades (overall grades from gr. 9 to 12). If this is the case, I think it would definitely make you stand out.

But if it is like high school honour roll or something, I totally agree with you; it would have no impact on application at all....
 
JLIM said:
At my school, we had an award for the student graduating with the highest grades (overall grades from gr. 9 to 12). If this is the case, I think it would definitely make you stand out.
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It may make you stand out, but not in the positive light you are hoping for...

Even if you were valedictorian of your HS, i would not put that as an award. Dschools want to know what you have done since HS to prepare yourself for dschool. No HS stuff has any business being on a grad school application... we were all teenagers than... we are now adults, lets put adult accomplishments down.


Menthol said:
are research grants considered awards?
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Yes, if you were the author, i would definitely count a research grant an award.
 
Blank = better than something that they explicitly said not to include.

1 means you excelled in other things or spent your time volunteering, for example

2 means you didn't excel in other things and you can't follow directions
 
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